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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t think the talk was recorded, BUT I’m probably going to do a version of the talk as a YouTube video and can forward when it’s done!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks so much Andrea! I think it went pretty well 🤷🤪

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Amanita Design 📣 @amanita-design.net · 08/10/2026

Seventeen years later… The time has come for Machinarium 2 🦾🔧 Wishlist NOW on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1619280/...

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The deepest sale of Bundle of Joy ends today. Grab your copy for #NewYorkGamesWeek

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This Friday I'll be giving a talk at CCNY for the EGD collective lecture series entitled: Your story needs a system: Thoughts and Examples of Technical Narrative Design. I'll highlight work I've been doing w/ Ink & Godot, as well as Yarn Spinner stuff I'm been teaching this year. See you there!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It was so amazing to see Bundle of Joy in the first block of games on the NY Games Week Live kick-off stream yesterday! I'm still buzzing from the feedback & so honored to join the incredible NYC devs & artists featured. Can't wait for the rest of the festivities this week! Check out the clip!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Alllsoo, BoJ is 50% off for this week in celebration of NY Games Week so if you wishlisted it yesterday (or have thought about checking it out) this is the deepest discount it's (ever?) going to get! store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/...

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Save 50% on Bundle of Joy on Steam

Bundle of Joy is a lighthearted, story-rich, minigame romp about becoming a parent during the pandemic. Complete all your child-rearing tasks, manage your stress, find time to rest, survive the day,…

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Save 50% on Bundle of Joy on Steam

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Also if you missed the stream, you should go check out the VOD! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOBV... I felt like every segment I saw a friend or project I admire getting featured and it really felt like a good cross-section of folks working in NYC.

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Games Week Live 2026 | Full Broadcast

Games Week Live 2026 brings together 31 games, developer interviews, gameplay, trailers, and a World Premiere in our inaugural showcase spotlighting game makers from New York, the East Coast, and…

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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New York Games Week @nygamesweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Support developers this NYGW by wishlisting and buying games, as well as sharing the Steam event. Steam events are invaluable to devs in reaching their goals; it's an easy way to make a huge difference. store.steampowered.com/curator/4630...

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New York Games Week

Bringing together developers and industry professionals across New York City for a full week of events, showcases, education, panels, and parties.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s live and BoJ is in the first collection of featured games!!! 😍😍😍🥰🥰😍😍🥰

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bundle of Joy will be featured as part of the NY Games Week Live showcase starting at 2PM ET today! The stream will be kicking off a week-long celebration of the amazing artists, devs, and designers in the 5 boroughs!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m still haunted by this trilogy. I think about a particular scene in Blue about once a week.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I spent far too long yesterday trying to rationalize with a rando asking me to work on a completely unproven project for equity and I’m still wishing I had all that time back.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dreamwalkers, a really fun collaborative storytelling TTRPG by Pratt Game Arts alums Meg Donohoe and @anamillia.bsky.social, is in Indiepocalypse #81!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bandcamp Friday and Steam Autumn sale landing on the same day is a move.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Heck yes! Can’t wait to read when getting to my desk!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

hey hey, I haven't had a ton of studio time in the past couple of weeks but to keep me motivated on the next project I'm doing a godot gamedev stream. www.twitch.tv/m3m3x Might be working on some asset stuff, need to pick up where I left off. Will get everything kicked off at 9ish!

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Untitled Johnstown Flood Game dev stream | Streaming software and game development.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My subtle 6-7 joke teaching Yarn Spinner variables in my technical narrative design class was barely noticed.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Y'know, one tries to be a bit entertaining and sometimes the jokes don't land.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My subtle 6-7 joke teaching Yarn Spinner variables in my technical narrative design class was barely noticed.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Always a highlight to see! I really wanted to pitch a panel this year… maybe next year!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m really glad hockey is coming back, but I’m gunna be even more excited when the PWHL comes back in December.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s my darling boy’s birthday. He is truly a treasure and the best storyteller I’ve ever met.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Where do I ethically source a stainless steel French press?

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The CONTROL Resonant viral marketing campaign is going well

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Congrats to GDoC Expo! So proud to be a monthly supporter of this incredible org!

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Indiepocalypse is one of THE true mainstays of (actual) independent and experimental video games. It's one of the few good game institutions we have left (though Andrew might balk at the 'institution' label). If you can, please consider supporting by sharing and/or donating to its Pledge Drive.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trying to teach my children media history.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We completely rearranged our apartment over the past two weekends. This includes taking down and be building a bunk bed, disassembling our bed, moving 3 dressers, and consolidating what feels like a million small bins of toys, Legos, and trinkets. My whole being hurts.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is very niche posting but yahoo fantasy hockey admin deactivation during off-season due to inactivity is pure horseshit.

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our INCREDIBLE class for the @nyvgcc.bsky.social back to school charity stream ! Cliffy B, Abu Salim, Control Resonant and Dishonored level designers, speedrunners, & more. All to help provide classes, internships, and scholarships for underserved NYC kids. SEPTEMBER 19, WRITE IT DOWN.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Did you release a Godot-made game in August/September and want to get it featured in the Nodeletter (Godot's official newsletter)? Let me know! We're also looking for any tools, open-source projects, or Godot-community efforts that you think users would want to know about.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Awesome! Congrats and hope all the Steam snafus have been cleared up for your release! :)

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh hey! One of my games in on that issue in the foreground! :)

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Unity truly is a piece of shit software.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is such an incredibly sad story and I fear just one of many instances where using LLMs and Chatbots in place of real psychiatric help is becoming more widely adopted. CW: self-harm/ideation/suicide

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〽️ax krieger wants to port YOUR indie game to switch! @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

onto our final game of the night - the stunning hand-made DOO-DAA! considered by many to be their #1 indie game of PAX West, i loved it so much that i bought a physical piece of it!!! come see it on stream! twitch.tv/aqualounge_tv

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The amount of glass I found in less than 5 minutes of combing Coney Island beach.

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My eldest child: Daaad, can you pleeEease get me more Pokémon cards? Me: sure sweetheart. Kiddo: Yay! (Short pause) Kiddo: but can we only get energy cards? Me: for sure! (Long pause) Kiddo (whispers, looking wistfully into the middle distance ): I need more energy…

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Nicholas O / Essay Games @essaygames.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Not having a book to read at night has ruined me

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